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A BUSY WEEKEND!

Nora has a week off from school and we decided to spend the weekend before Thanksgiving having fun. We picked Nora up from school at 1:00 on Friday and headed off for some kid sized fun. We went to Santa Land on Friday night and saw beautiful Christmas lights. Then on Saturday we went to Caldwell Zoo. It's not a very large zoo but it's very nice. We had seen all Nora wanted to see in two hours and she was ready to go back to the hotel and swim. All Nora wanted out of the trip was a hotel with swimming pool and an elevator. I took lots of pictures at the zoo and will post more later.

THE SWEETEST LITTLE DINOSAUR IN THE WORLD

This year Nora requested to be a rainbow colored dinosaur for halloween. I decided on pink, purple and orange. It's hard to find rainbow colored fabric around here. She loves the costume and can't wait to wear it while watching Dino Dan (her favorite TV show). She has learned so much about dinosaurs watching Dino Dan.

NORA AT WORK

Some of the employees Del works with gave Nora a child size hard hat and safety glasses. That meant she needed to go to work. She went with Del to see what was happening with a dragline crossing a county road. Nora loved the experience and you can tell by the expressions on her face she loved the hat and glasses too. She thought she was working right along side Dad. It takes so little to make a child happy and feel so important. She felt so big. She wore the hat and glasses to eat dinner and also to brush her teeth. She took the hat to school today for show and tell.

HAIR'S THE NEWS

Nora has been requesting hair styles that are a bit unusual. Every day when we get ready for school she has a different idea of what her hair should look like. Ms. Charlynn said they can hardly wait to see what Nora's hair looks like each day. Here are a couple of examples.

ARKANSAS TRIP (MORE PHOTOS)

The deer were beautiful and one of them had twins. Nora loved the fawns. It was fun watching them play.

I wanted everyone to see the what it looked like for the clouds to fill the valley. It was something to see. The photos are taken from almost the place at different times of day.

BLESSED

We were blessed with the nicest vacation. We decided to go to Mount Nebo in Arkansas. It was not planned early and I didn't think we would get a cabin. When Del called to get a cabin they said the call just prior to his was someone cancelling for the days we wanted. We didn't have any choices just one cabin available. When we got there the lady asked how we got cabin 61. We told her and she said it was the most sought after cabin. I asked why and she said it had the best view of any cabin in Arkansas State Parks. She was right. We had the most relaxing days we've had in years and Nora loved it. She said it was our best vacation. We had views out every window and door. The patio was wonderful and the views were fabulous. There was wildlife everywhere. We have pictures of deer I will post later. They haven't been downloaded yet.

Pictures taken from the patio

Nora on the patio

Nora on the side porch of our cabin

Clouds coming down the valley

Pictures taken on a little hike

Sunset taken from our patio